Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Black Blue Yanagi Weeping Willow A599 Satsuma ware This pillow is made of

This pillow is made of a beautiful Tsugaru-Nuri lacquer-coated wooden box with a red cushion on the top

5 cm long x 39

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These are vintage Japanese Buddhist o-senko

and musicians in traditional court dress of the Heian period

Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting Black Blue Yanagi Weeping Willow A599 Satsuma ware This pillow is made ofVintage Japanese Shikishi Art Board Painting This is a vintage Japanese shikishi art board. It is hand painted and features a weeping willow. The tree is painted in black and has some blue details. The shikishi art board is signed. There are three basic types of shikishi papercalligraphy (poem, haiku) only, calligraphy with pictures, and pictures only. Since the Heian period, people have been writing waka and haiku on Shikishi paper (various sizes),